sheephead
[ sheep-hed ]
noun,plural (especially collectively) sheep·head, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) sheep·heads.
a large California food fish, Semicossyphus pulcher, of the wrasse family.
Origin of sheephead
1First recorded in 1535–45; so called from the resemblance of its teeth to those of a sheep
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How to use sheephead in a sentence
They are capital bait—the best we have, unless we want to catch sheephead; then we use fiddlers.
The Wreck of The Red Bird | George Cary EgglestonThey have hard shells that whiting and croakers can't crack, while the sheephead, having good teeth, crush them easily.
The Wreck of The Red Bird | George Cary Eggleston
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